Calophasia sinaica

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Calophasia sinaica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Calophasia
Species:
C. sinaica
Binomial name
Calophasia sinaica
(Wiltshire, 1948)

Calophasia sinaica is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Wiltshire in 1948. It is found in the eremic (desert) parts of Africa extending north to the Levant.

Adults are on wing from October to March. There is one generation per year.

External links[edit]

  • Kravchenko, V. D.; Fibiger, M.; Muller, G. & Ronkay, L. (March 2005). "The Cuculliinae of Israel (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)" (PDF). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 33 (129): 83–95.